Sunday, August 31, 2008

Previous home improvements, part II


This Spring we had a surprise repair - The old window in the dining room had two panels, the upper one being 1/3 of the window, the bottom the rest. The upper panel was not movable, and the lower panel slid up. This was old wooden construction.
In mid-March, the upper panel gave way, and slid down about 2 inches. We now had a complete break in the seal to the outside. After covering it in plastic, we called the same company that did the upstairs windows. In April, we got the window replaced. This is one of two large windows we wanted to do, but not yet. We are thinking of doing the other one later on.
When the window company came to give us the quote, they took one look at the plastic covered old window, and said that it definitely needed to be replaced. Considering it was a custom job, it was done pretty fast.

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